After leaving the reception room, Lin Yun had someone bring some food over before heading back to the alchemy laboratory. As for Leon Merlin, he was quickly thrown to the back of Lin Yun's mind.
To Lin Yun, Merlin Leon wasn't enough. What future Patriarch of the Merlin Family? What 33-year-old High Mage? They were nothing in Lin Yun's eyes. Lin Yun already had five Magic Arrays and three Spiritual Magic Tools. It could be said that any High Mage below the 5th Rank would be crushed in front of Lin Yun.
Leon Merlin's luck was pretty good. If not for Lin Yun seeing that burning staff emblem before entering, he would have directly snapped Leon Merlin's neck. He wouldn't have needed to use his mind power to seal his mana.
Because of that emblem, Lin Yun suddenly thought of a place, a place that might allow him to step into the High Mage realm.
Nothing could be done about it. Who told Lin Yun to choose the most complicated Magic Array among the many Magic Conducting Runes?
If Lin Yun had chosen another Magic Conducting Rune, he wouldn't have had to worry so much. Even for the most difficult one, the Extreme Forge, Lin Yun would have grasped at least three ways to guarantee that he would reach the High Mage realm.
But the Magic Array was completely different.
The Magic Array had the most complicated structure among all the Magic Conducting Runes. Even a freak like Lin Yun, who transcended the entire era, wouldn't be able to fuse nine Magic Arrays into one and step into the High Mage realm.
It wasn't because Lin Yun wasn't capable enough, but rather because the Magic Array was too powerful.
In fact, when Lin Yun returned from the prince tomb, he had already made countless calculations. But no matter how much Lin Yun calculated, he was still one step short. Unless Lin Yun was willing to stay in the 9th Rank of the Great Mage realm for a few years and use incomparable patience and perseverance to slowly fuse the nine Magic Arrays into one, Lin Yun's chances of reaching the High Mage realm wouldn't be more than 5%.
After all, every time he failed to advance to the High Mage realm, his Magic Conducting Rune would be damaged. Once or twice might not be a big deal, but after three, four, or even five or six times, he might lose the chance to step into the High Mage realm.
Lin Yun didn't want to be a Great Mage forever.
But today, outside the entrance of the Gilded Rose, Lin Yun saw the emblem of the Blazing Magic Staff.
Lin Yun had always felt that the Merlin Family's name was familiar, but when he saw the emblem of the Blazing Magic Staff, Lin Yun finally remembered. A millennium later, an Archmage would rise like a comet, known as the Flame Ruler, Doug Merlin, who was invincible under the Heaven Rank.
It had to be said that this Flame Ruler wasn't a shocking genius at first. He was almost sixty years old, yet he had only stepped into the ranks of High Mages. That kind of standard was even inferior to Leon in the reception room.
But in the next thirty years, that person was like a hot knife through butter as he entered the Archmage realm at a shocking speed. Then, that Flame Ruler displayed shocking power. He was truly invincible under the Heaven Rank and swept through all the Archmages of that era.
That's right, that Flame Ruler's Magic Conducting Rune was the Magic Array.
Lin Yun clearly remembered that the Merlin Family had already disappeared. The flourishing millennial family had already been exterminated several hundred years ago. Although the Flame Ruler was also surnamed Merlin, his rise had nothing to do with the Merlin Family. He had climbed up step by step from the bottom. In his life, the only time he was related to the Merlin Family was when he went to the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land in his fifties.
But, after Doug Merlin left the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land, it only took him three months to enter the High Mage realm. He then spent another ten years to become the strongest Archmage in all of Noscent.
Thus, Lin Yun couldn't help secretly guessing …
'Could there be some secret in the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land? Doug Merlin obtained this secret and fused the nine Magic Arrays into one, allowing him to enter the High Mage realm in one go.'
In short, after Lin Yun obtained the nine Magic Arrays, he had to go to the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land to take a look. Otherwise, Lin Yun would only be left with two choices. One was to spend a few years slowly fusing with the Magic Arrays, and the other was to gamble on that 5% chance of forcibly advancing to the High Mage realm.
In comparison, the secret of the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land might be a bit simpler.
But this wouldn't make things too awkward with the Merlin Family.
Naturally, this didn't mean that Lin Yun could just sit back and watch as the Merlin Family coveted his Nether Iron Vein.
Thus, after hesitating for a bit, Lin Yun directly used Mana Shackles. This was the most common method used by high-level mages to suppress low-level mages. High-level mages could use Mana Shackles to thoroughly imprison the mana of low-level mages. There was only one way to undo the Mana Shackles, and that was to find the key to the Mana Shackles.
This key was the rune that was spat out when casting the Mana Shackles.
And the rune left behind by Lin Yun was impressively one of the seven runes of the Book of Death. In all of Noscent, apart from Lin Yun, no one could undo it.
Lin Yun wanted to use this method to tell the Merlin Family that they could get their hands on the Nether Iron Vein, but were they prepared to pay the price?
Lin Yun knew that a family like the Merlin Family was greedy and cunning.
If they could effortlessly obtain the Nether Iron Vein, they definitely wouldn't be lenient just because Lin Yun was a child of the Merlin Family.
But when they discovered that this child wasn't to be trifled with, they would immediately calm down and start thinking about whether it was worth it or not.
Especially when this child of the Merlin Family held some power they couldn't understand. This made them think even more deeply and calmly. They might even use some conciliatory methods, like trading or roping them in. In short, to a Family like the Merlin Family, benefits were the most important. As for what methods they used, it depended on how they could maximize the benefits.
He believed that the Mana Shackles on Merlin Leon's body should make the Merlin Family calm down for a while.
What he had to do now was to quickly obtain nine Magic Arrays.
Then, he could go to Okland and pay a visit to the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land.
But if he wanted to obtain nine Magic Arrays, he had to go to Vaughn's laboratory. Because Lin Yun clearly remembered that Vaughn had a set of Crystal Scales. Although each component was only at the Spiritual Level, when combined, it wasn't much worse than a True Spirit Magic Tool. Moreover, apart from its shocking fighting power, the Crystal Scales also had a very special Magic Tool Spirit. It was said that this Magic Tool Spirit was an alchemy soul created by Vaughn and could push the user's computing ability to a terrifying realm.
Lin Yun had agreed to Lys' request to explore with a few major forces of Thousand Sails City for this set of Crystal Scales.
If Lin Yun got his hands on the Crystal Scales and combined it with the eight runes of the Book of Death, the speed at which he could carve the Magic Arrays would increase by at least ten times!
After Lin Yun returned to the laboratory, he once again spread out that piece of paper and continued his unfinished calculations.
At this time, Leon Merlin still hadn't left the Gilded Rose's reception room.
This future Patriarch of the Merlin Family was looking at William Merlin with a lifeless expression.
"Didn't you say that this was a 5th Rank Great Mage?"
"Indeed, a 5th Rank Great Mage …" William Merlin looked at this dazed son of heaven and couldn't help inwardly shaking his head.
'Why bother? I already told you a few times that our younger cousin's temper isn't very good, yet you insist on putting on the dignity of the future Patriarch. Do you think that with the halo of a High Mage, you can easily convince our younger cousin?
Do you think he hasn't seen a High Mage?
You wouldn't believe it, but a few days ago, a High Mage flew out of the same reception room, and there was another High Mage frantically flattering him. Go back to Okland and ask, they were called Allen Watson and Hogg.
'Now, a High Mage has become an ordinary person. Let's see how you explain yourself when you return …'
"5th Rank Great Mage, how could this be …" Leon Merlin didn't want to believe it. How could a 5th Rank Great Mage use Mana Shackles to deal with him?
"Alright, don't say that it's impossible …" Seeing him like this, William Merlin didn't feel like saying anything else. He only kindly reminded him, "I advise you to return as soon as possible and think of a way to undo the Mana Shackles on your body. Otherwise, you might be in big trouble when Obi returns from the Mercury Tower …"
After saying this, William Merlin also left the reception room, leaving Leon Merlin standing there alone with a bitter smile.
'Return as soon as possible? That's easy to say … '
How could he return like this? He had secretly come to Thousand Sails City this time because he had heard that Mafa Merlin not only had the Nether Iron Vein, but also the Gilded Rose, which could generate a huge amount of wealth. Thus, he had the idea of recruiting him into his team.
He originally thought that with his strength as a High Mage and his status as the future Patriarch of the Merlin Family, as long as he agreed to help with the matter of returning to the Merlin Family, that Mafa Merlin would definitely happily join his side. At that time, not only would he be in control of the Nether Iron Vein, but he would also be able to use the huge amount of wealth generated by the Gilded Rose at any time. At that time, he would have a great chance of winning against Obi for the position of Patriarch of the Merlin Family.
'This shouldn't be a problem …'
'How did it end up like this?'
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